[TexasCajun]

10 days of starvation without knowing fully if the person is suffering???

What do you call 13 yrs in a coma????

[Campion]

What do you call 13 yrs in a coma????

She's not in a coma. She's conscious but brain-damaged. The people who are calling her "comatose" are simply lying, or have changed the meaning of words to fit what they want to do.

[EggsAckley]

SHE WAS AND IS NOT IN A COMA. She's alert and attempts to communicate. She laughs, smiles, and crys, just like I do. I refuse to sweep this under the carpet of evil with the "Coma" broom.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

She is not in a coma.

[george wythe]

There are experts claiming that Terry will not suffer during the starvation.

I don't know it these reports are accurate, but I do know that the judges on this case have been convinced that Terry cannot recover.

"I don't think it is widely appreciated just how damaged her brain is," said Walker, an internist, who has followed the case closely by reading the public record.

Schiavo's cerebral cortex, he said, is mostly gone. It was destroyed by the loss of oxygen she suffered when she had a heart attack 13 years ago. Once gone, the cortex cannot grow back, Walker said. The space it once occupied in Schiavo's skull is now filled with spinal fluid.

"The cortex does all our thinking," he said. "Some people argue that it's responsible for personhood. Without a cortex, you can't think, feel, have consciousness."

Schiavo is "awake but not aware," Walker said. Parts of her brain that control reflexes and other basic bodily functions still work. So she can sleep, breathe, blink and make the other moves that fuel the faith of those who seek to save her.

Her lack of consciousness is so complete that, according to Walker, if her feeding tube were to be removed from her stomach, Schiavo would not suffer. His language is chilling; the picture he leaves, almost unimaginable.

"She cannot perceive thirst or hunger. She doesn't have the brain structures necessary for that kind of perception."

[erikm88]

If any of you have seen the videos on terrisfight.org The videos show without a doubt, higher order brain activity for someone in such a disabled state.

She was clearly laughing, smiling, attempting to speak, and tracking a balloon with her eyes. It seems as if her mental acuity has diminished to that of a mere infant/toddler. That does not justify neglecting her of food and water. Would we do that to our own infants and toddlers who depend on their parents for sustenance?

If a liberal judge could kill a person via starvation, he certainly doesn't have qualms about sucking it out of a womb and shredding it.

--erik

[texasbluebell]

What do you call 13 yrs in a coma????

Someone has probably answered you already, but this woman is not in a coma. No way near it.

You should do some reading on some of the threads around here, instead of listening to the news reports on tv, which are invariably incorrect.

[greccogirl]

What do you call 13 yrs in a coma????


Why do you insist on untruth? TERRI IS NOT NOW NOR HAS EVER BEEN in a coma. If you are going to argue at least be truthful!! Go see her website, read the OPPOSING views of other doctors, look at the video and tell me she's in a coma! She is also not in a vegetative state. One court appointed investigator said as much and said her husband should be removed as guardian and instead Judge Greer removed HIM.

[Conservative til I die]

What do you call 13 yrs in a coma????

Too bad she isn't comatose. Again, get a clue before shooting your mouth off.